283 Covid-19 Deaths Now Reported In Westchester: New Breakdown Of Cases By Municipality

The death toll in Westchester continues to rise, even as the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak has begun plateauing in New York State.

Westchester County Executive George Latimer providing an update on the novel coronavirus outbreak on Tuesday, April 7, 2020.
Photo Credit: *Westchester County Government*

Zak Failla

04/08/2020 10:15 a.m.

Westchester County Executive announced that there have now been 283 deaths reported countywide, as widespread testing continues for the virus.

Latimer said that 46,701 people have now been tested for the virus countywide, with 14,804 testing positive for COVID-19. There are currently 1,056 Westchester residents who are hospitalized for the virus, approximately 10 percent.

COVID-19 - Latest Breakdown Of New York's 5,489 Deaths By County

“Compared to the other suburbs in Nassau and Suffolk, our numbers are comparable, but it’s important to look at the perspective,” he said. “It’s encouraging over the past two weeks that so many people who tested positive for the virus have overcome it.”

According to Latimer, the 10 percent hospitalization rate is relatively encouraging, as they expected a surge in cases to hit upwards of 20 percent, which could be a breaking point. He said that there are currently approximately 3,000 available hospital beds, with the option of adding 1,500 in the worst-case scenario.

The County Executive said that “the percentage numbers give us some confidence that we can handle the level of contagion that (we) anticipate, but no one can predict how it all plays out.”

“We’re never going to forget the spring of 2020,” Latimer said. “Let’s make sure we’re all there in 2021.”

Latimer provided the following breakdown of COVID-19 in each Westchester municipality:

Yonkers 1,730
New Rochelle 775
Mount Vernon 717
White Plains 430
Greenburgh 337
Ossining Village 300
Port Chester 284
Cortlandt 208
Yorktown 208
Mount Pleasant 195
Peekskill 181
Eastchester 135
Scarsdale 124
Sleepy Hollow 119
Harrison 113
Mamaroneck Village 98
Mount Kisco 93
Dobbs Ferry 79
Tarrytown 77
Rye Brook 69
New Castle 67
Bedford 66
Somers 65
Mamaroneck Town 61
Rye City 62
Ossining Town 57
Pelham 49
Pleasantville 47
North Castle 47
Tuckahoe 44
Croton-on-Hudson 44
Hastings-on-Hudson 42
Pelham Manor 38
Elmsford 36
Ardsley 35
Bronxville 32
Briarcliff Manor 32
Irvington 30
Lewisboro 29
Larchmont 28
North Salem 14
Buchanan 8
Pound Ridge 6

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